On to the tracks. She manages to run away. Discovered a metal detector in australia is just under 300,000. All that the first lady celebrating her birthday with a new hairdo. The word is out. Bangs are in. Why exactly is the dog here . [ laughter ] and all that matters ill spend the rest of my life trying to earn back trust and apologize to people. For the rest of my life. On cbs this morning. The once point lance broke down and cried. And heres the funny thing. Wherever a tear landed a new muscle grew. [ laughter ] welcome to cbs this morning. Nearly 14 years after first winning the race that turned him into a superstar, Lance Armstrong admitted to lying about using performanceenhancing drugs. He told Oprah Winfrey he began doping in the mid 1990s but insisted he stopped in 2005 before his comeback four years later. Chip reid has the highlights from armstrongs confession. Good morning. Reporter good morning, nora and charlie. After years of defiantly denying doping charges, armstrong admitted not only did he use performanceenhancing drugs throughout his cycling career he considered it part of his job. Kind of like his regimen, like putting air in his bike tires or filling up his water bottle. I view this situation as one big lie. That i repeated a lot of times. Reporter Lance Armstrong told the world last night exactly how he cheated his way to seven Tour De France titles. In an interview with Oprah Winfrey, he laid out his cocktail of choice blood transfusions, testosterone and the blood booster, epo. It did not even feel wrong. No. Scary. He said he kept up the lie for more than a decade because he was caught up in his own legacy. The american hero. Family man. And cancer survivor. All of the fault and all of the blame here falls on him. But behind that picture and behind that story is momentum. And whether its fans or whether its the media, it just gets going. And i lost myself in all that. Reporter despite his hunger for victory, armstrong denied claims by teammates that he threatened those who didnt want to dope. Im not the most believable guy in the world right now, i understand, but i did not do that. Reporter he admitted he demanded to have things his way. Were you a bully . Yeah yeah i was a bully. Tell me how you were a bully. I was bully in the sense that i tried to control the narrative, and if i didnt like what somebody said and for whatever reasons in my own head whether i viewed that as somebody being disloyal or a friend turning on you or whatever, i tried to control that. Thats a lie, theyre liars. Reporter armstrong says he regrets not coming clean last year when the United StatesAntidoping Agency gave him the chance. Oprah i would do anything i would do anything to go back to that day. Reporter after the interview, the agency released a statement, saying tonight Lance Armstrong finally acknowledged that his cycling career was built on a powerful combination of doping and deceit. But if he is sincere in his desire to correct his past mistakes, he will testify under oath about the full extent of his doping activities. The 41yearold says he is only now beginning to fully understand the scope of his lies. Ill spend the rest of my life trying to earn back trust and apologize to people for the rest of my life. Reporter armstrong repeated refused to name names or implicate anyone else in the scandal. He told oprah that he thought he would get away with cheating last year after the federal government dropped its criminal investigation, but the u. S. Antidoping agency then launched its own investigation of armstrong, which resulted in 1,000 pages of damning evidence. Charlie and nora . Chip reid thank you. Jonathan vaughters is a former teammate of Lance Armstrong. He admits using performanceenhancing drugs and testified against armstrong before the u. S. Antidoping agency. Welcome. Thanks for having me. Whats your reaction to what he said, and did he go far enough . Well its certainly a good first step. And to come forward like that publicly is, you know its positive. But hes got to go to the World Anti Doping Association and testify under oath. Potentially in a truth and reconciliation type atmosphere. Of and really get into the details. And, you know, the reason for that is that in order for those details are what help develop new tests and prove antidoping for the next generation of the professional riders. Was he telling the truth as he saw it . Its you know its hard to say. Theres a lot of stories intertwined in there. I think that sometimes it takes it takes a while. And it takes being asked those questions a few times and getting more and more comfortable with just letting it out. You know, when you guard a secret that long it takes a while to let it go. I want to get specific about some of the things he said in this interview. I mean he denied ever threatening teammates. Is that truthful . You know he was an immensely intimidating person. And he was held by such high regard and such an icon in the sport. And when someone is in that position, you know if they if they look crosseyed at you, youre worried about it. He also said that he told oprah he didnt think what he did was wrong and that he actually had to go to the dictionary to look up what a cheater was. Well, you know i can tell you, again, if you go to the guys who are racing now, and if you ask them you know if they think doping is wrong, their answer is going to be absolutely yes. And its not even a Second Thought for them. But thats taken a lot of time and a lot of effort to get, you know, professional cycling to shift that mentality that way. And part of the reason youre here, right, you are trying to change cycling for the better. Yeah absolutely. I mean it has to happen. And how does that start . Well, you know i retired when i was 29 years old. Which should have been the peak of my career. And the reason i retired was that i had doped. And i was i was driven insane by the constant decision of should i, shouldnt i . Should i, shouldnt i . And when i stopped i had to step away from the sport. It was the only way to get out. Whats the hardest thing for him to do now, in his own mind . In his own mind . I think the hardest thing is going to be to dig down a little deeper and to go in like i said under oath. Thats going to be thats going to be an effort without a doubt. Jonathan vaughters, thank you for coming in. We appreciate it. Thank you. And in 2011 after a sixmonth investigation, it was 60 minutes that broke the story of armstrongs doping. Scott pelley interviewed Tyler Hamilton one of armstrongs former teammates and hamilton revealed how he and armstrong used banned substances, including epo and testosterone. He also said that armstrong told him about failing a drug test in 2001. Well, after the 60 minutes story aired, armstrong and his advisers complained bitterly, demanding an onair apology. Scott pelley is with us. Good morning. Great to be with you. You saw this interview last night. It didnt appear that he came completely clean. What else did you feel could have been said or should have been said . Well it wasnt a tellall but it was a tell a lot. It was remarkable to hear him say the things he did say. One thing that struck me nora was the way he described doping as air in our tires and water in our bottles. I mean these substances in many krass are controlled substances. This is not air and water were talking about. And one of the things that the u. S. Antidoping agency was curious about was how were these drugs obtained . How were they distributed . How were they carried across state lines . How were they carried across International Borders . Were federal laws broken here . Its described as drug trafficking. And one of the things that he didnt really talk about very much was how elaborate and complex and wellorganized all of this was. Theres also the question of the intimidation. You just heard someone say, well hes an intimidating guy. He said he was a bully. But you have heard people say its much more severe than that. Oh its amazing the lengths he would go to according to some of the witnesses who were testifying against him over time. Particularly testifying against him before that federal grand jury. Levi levi light heimers wife got a text from him that said run dont walk. Tyler hamilton who you just saw a picture of from our 60 minutes interview told us that armstrong came to find him in a bar after the 60 minutes interview, put his hand on his chest and looked him in the eye and said were going to make your life a living hell. So as armstrong admitted to oprah last night, when he was backed into a corner he came out fighting. And a lot of people felt that heat. It came from the cancer he said last night, because of winning over cancer he felt he had to be the most competitive person in the world. Thats right, thats right. And this is one of the reasons that personally i hate all of this. It was such a great story. Such a story of gallantry that the world could get behind. This man overcame such a terrible disease and became one of the greatest athletes of alltime. And it turned out to be all a lie. It was two years ago that you and 60 minutes broke this story. And you guys faced a lot of criticism at the time including from armstrongs camp and his lawyers and his whole team right . Absolutely. We received threatening letters, telephone calls, dont go there, you guys are wrong, youre going to regret this all that kind of stuff. But there were just too many witnesses. There were too many people who were coming forward and talking to us and talking to the Antidoping Agency and telling what they knew. If doping was not part of cycling, would armstrong have been a winner . Would he have been competitive . Would he have won . Would he he have been nobody was using dope. If nobody was using dope . He was a great athlete. But the head of the u. S. Antidoping agency we asked him the question you just asked me and he said he didnt think there would be seven Tour De France wins by armstrong and am strong said essentially the same thing last night, he would not have been as successful without doping. He also suggested, though that it was a level playing field, because everybody was doing it. Right. His argument. But that is his argument. But one of the things Tyler Hamilton told us it wasnt a level playing field, because armstrongs doping program was so wellfinanced. He had more money than anybody else had. And therefore, he could do this at a much higher level than anyone. Thank you, scott. Well hear more tonight on the evening news. Great to be with you. Now to the hostage crisis in the sahara desert. The militants response brought threatening attacks and some americans are being evacuated from algeria. Algerian military forces invaded the complex yesterday to try and free the hostages. Leon panetta says up to eight americans were among those being held. Mark phillips is in london. Mark, good morning. Reporter good morning, charlie. Well, the u. S. Militarys african command began an airlift of survivors out of algeria this morning. As many as 20 former hostages u. S. Citizens and others are being flown out on a u. S. Plane. It had been brought into an airport near the facility that had been attacked. Some of the survivors are injured. We dont know how seriously. They were due to receive medical treatment on the flight. Theyre being taken to military hospitals in europe. These are the first pictures of former hostages who were freed during the algerian assault on the desert natural gas facility where they had been held. They spoke of how they had escaped during the confusion that followed the attack by algerian forces on the al qaeda connected hostage takers who had overrun the plant. The former hostages clu included algerians and westerners some of whom had been injured in the assault. I was very impressed with the algerian army. Very exciting episode. I feel sorry for anybody who has been hurt. The algerians had moved in when they said the hostages were being moved in a convoy of vehicles by their captors, and it was feared they were being taken out of the compound. Algerian forces which had been surrounding the camp opened up using helicopter gun ships. The number of casualties is still unknown. In london this morning, secretary of defense, leon panetta, spoke as the planeload of americans and others caught up in the attack was flying out of the country and spoke with a warning. Terrorists should be on notice that they will find no sanctuary, no refuge not in algeria, not in north africa, not anywhere. Other countries have been evacuating their nationals from algeria, as well. We still dont know how many died among the hostages, and their captors, for that matter. And the operation may still be under way. Some governments of the foreign nationals were upset that the algerians moved in without consulting them. The survivors, though had nothing but thanks for the rescuers. Charlie, nora . Mark phillips thank you. As president obama gets ready to start his second term this weekend, a New York Times poll shows 51 of americans approve of the job hes doing. 41 disapprove. His Approval Rating is higher than a year ago, but lower than last month, right after superstorm sandy. And just in time for his second term, the president has a new official portrait. The white house released it this morning. The photo was taken in the oval office in early december. We will be in washington on monday for the inauguration. This is a view from our cbs news location on the national mall. And live coverage of the inauguration begins at 7 00 a. M. Pacific time and continues throughout the day. President obamas swearing in followed by his inaugural speech at 9 00 a. M. Pacific. Its time to show this mornings headlines. Usa today reports boeing 787 dreamliner will remain grounded until problems with its batteries can be resolved. 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